If a person recover damages for a forcible or unlawlful entry in or upon, or detention of any building or any cultivated real property, judgment may be entered for three times the amount at which the actual damages are assessed.
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 735
Actions for Nuisance, Waste,and Willful Trespass, in Certain Cases,on Real Property
Enacted 1872.
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